Basement Modeling
Basement Modeling
Basement Modeling
Embedded Buildings
Figure 6-1 illustrates a common situation of a building with a basement that
is surrounded by soil with a level grade on all sides. Several potential
modeling
strategies that can be used to analyze such a building are shown in Figure 6-2.
Model 2.
In this approach, the soil on the sides of the retaining walls is ignored,
but the basement structure is explicitly included in the model. The lowest
basement level is taken as the base of the model. It is argued that the amount
of movement required to develop passive pressure of any significance far
exceeds the amount of movement anticipated in the basement retaining walls,
so the retained earth can be conservatively ignored. One variation of this
model (Model 2A) has a fixed base. A second variation of this model (Model
2B) has vertical springs under the foundation. Model 2A is occasionally used,
though limited by some to the preliminary design phases of their projects.
Model 2B is used more frequently, though some use both Model 1 and Model
2B to bound their analyses for design.
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